[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    TAX D-DAY, A DARK DAY FOR REPUBLICANS AND A DAY TO REJOICE FOR 
                               DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. TANCREDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, in just 64 days, the dreaded April 15 will 
be here.
  Well, I should clarify that. April 15 is not a dreaded day at all by 
some Americans. In fact, April 15 is the single most glorious day of 
the year for our liberal friends in the Democrat Party. The Democrat 
Party believes in an activist government and believes that if the 
government just took a little more money out of your paycheck the 
politicians will make life better for people.
  How truly ironic it is that the party of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew 
Jackson has categorically rejected the vision of those early American 
heroes who believed in the strength of the common man to manage his own 
affairs without the interference from Washington, D.C.
  It is now the Republican Party that represents the interests of 
common people, of average middle class families that work hard, play by 
the rules and who will believe in the right to pursue the American 
dream without the Federal Government standing in the way.
  Sixty-four days until Tax D-day, a dark day for Republicans, a day to 
rejoice for Democrats.

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